Category Archives: Purchasing

Old guns and knives put to good use at the Olympic stadium

Responsible procurement led to steel from the melting of 14 tonnes of weapons to be used to help build the showpiece 2012 venue.

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Bill for environmental impact would hit earnings

Businesses are warned it would be “prudent” for them to expect to have to pay for their environmental impact in the near future.

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Buyers help councils reduce mercury emissions

A purchasing agreement has been put in place to help cut the level of mercury released from fillings when bodies are cremated in the UK.

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News Focus: Defending spending

How do you solve a problem like MoD procurement? If history is anything to 
go by, not easily, says Adam Leach.

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CIPS Supply Management Awards 2012 now open for entries

You have until Friday 13 April 2012 to submit your entry for the most prestigious awards ceremony in the purchasing and supply profession.

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MPs accuse Maude of breaking promise to SMEs

The Cabinet Office has been challenged to explain why the percentage of procurement spend with smaller businesses has fallen instead of increased.

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UK Power Networks chops tree cutting spend by 28 per cent

“We might, during the course of a year shut the same overhead line down twice – if we were a bit more joined up, we could shut it just once,” head of procurement Philip Patterson.

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Buyers pay price of limited cross-border trade in Africa

Lesotho, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia and Angola are among the countries The World Bank said could buy cheaper goods if they traded more products across their borders.

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MPs should use downtime to appoint groceries supply adjudicator

National Farmers Union wants “referee to go along with the rulebook”.

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‘You can’t hide factory scandals’, warns Adidas CSR chief

Frank Henke says NGOs and campaign groups will uncover problems so you must be transparent about issues.

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